When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

I was shipwrecked before I got aboard.

Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all extremities. Nay, if there were no other comfort in it than the pare exercise of so generous a virtue, even for that single reason a man would not be without it; it is a sovereign antidote against all calamities - even against the fear of death itself.

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.

What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.